Help Wanted: SATA PCI CARD
Just bought a new HDD which came with a serial connection. Wasn't expecting
this but anyway would this card http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...d19wcm9kdWN0X2 92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=48670 solve the problem of not having a serial motherboard? If so, would it plug into a black, white or brown PCI card slot on my motherboard? In addition to this card which cables would I need? If you can find them on the same site as the card it would be extremely useful. Many Thanks |
Yes, that card would solve the problem of not having a Serial ATA controller
on the motherboard. It would plug into the white slots (called PCI) on your motherboard, there should be 3, 5 or 6 of the slots, depending on the size of the board. Usually there are 5 of them. The brown slot is an AGP slot, intended for graphics cards. I'd say additional cables would be: ============================ a) Serial ATA cables (thin, flat, 7-pin cables) ....and on eBuyer, they are he http://tinyurl.com/p3qx (note, the ones I have picked have a right-angle, which is useful for plugging in on the HDD side of the cable). ============================ b) 4-pin molex to Serial ATA power cables (most PSUs don't have the correct power plugs for SATA HDDs) ....and on eBuyer, they are he http://tinyurl.com/p3s6 ============================ That would be it! @drian. |
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